On Wednesday morning, a special Air India flight arrived in New Delhi from Dhaka with 205 passengers, including six infants. The chartered A321 neo aircraft had departed for the Bangladeshi capital late Tuesday.
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The flight returned 205 individuals from Dhaka, including 199 adults and six infants. Air India managed the flight, which departed from the national capital without passengers, on very short notice despite facing infrastructure challenges at the Dhaka airport, according to an informed source. Starting Wednesday, Air India will begin its regular operations with two daily flights between Delhi and Dhaka.
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Air India Cancels AM Flight; Vistara and IndiGo Maintain Schedules
On Tuesday, Air India canceled its morning flight but went ahead with the evening flight to Dhaka. Vistara and IndiGo will continue their services to the Bangladeshi capital as scheduled. Vistara runs daily flights from Mumbai and three weekly services from Delhi to Dhaka. Typically, IndiGo operates one daily flight from Delhi, Mumbai, and Chennai to Dhaka, along with two daily flights from Kolkata.
Both Vistara and IndiGo had cancelled their Tuesday flights to the Bangladesh capital.
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